"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt,
that you can set upon the freedom of the mind."
Virginia Woolf
Libraries are more than a building. They offer a safe place no matter if we are young or old, without fees for travel or insights or rhapsodies. These facilities serve as stimulating learning establishments for inspiration, disclosure, and development.
Since childhood, my library card has been a prized possession offering safe passage in finding hope, testimony, and history. It opened doors into the world of the enlightened, persecuted and mentally tormented. A sense of connection encouraged me to not only read on the premises, but to establish a level of comfort to write in depth which would lead to creativity.
Whether seeking Khalil Gibran Albert Einstein or Virginia Woolf, gateways remained open for truth to unfold. I learned of dreamscapes and sacred rituals from the ancients which I longed to behold. The value of a library is endless as it is a garden for our soul.
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